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REBEL : 30 Years of London Fashion ………….. The Design Museum, London reviewed by Ris Fatah
Londoners have always cared about how they look. Throughout history, each generation has created its own looks, with inspiration drawn from a wide variety of sources. Rebel is a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum. It focuses on the early work of a group of about 300 fashion designers from the past…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews The Hottest Summer (L’ Estate piu Calda)
A fiction set in Sicily in a Roman Catholic context. During record-breaking hot summer days, charismatic and handsome soon-to-be-priest deacon Don Nicola (Gianmarco Saurino) visits the small villa and catches the eye and interest of volunteers at the church camp and close friends Valentina (Alice Angelica) and Lucia (Nicole Damiani). Don Nicola´s allure is like…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘ELDORADO Everything the Nazis hate’ on Netflix
Berlin has long been a queer mecca. As far back as the 1920’s Berlin had about 80 queer nightlife venues, including the glittering belle of the ball – the fabulous cabaret club, Eldorado. The club was awash with lust, sequins, cocktails, drag queens, and regular performers such as Marlene Dietrich and Josephine Baker.…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews REBECCA the musical, a tale of cheating, blackmail, murder and obsession.
REBECCA ✯✯✯ CHARING CROSS THEATRE, LONDON Written in 1938 the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was quickly turned into a film. And that film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock went on to become Best Picture at the Oscars. The source material has enormous potential, but it was a huge challenge that Michael…
